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Financial Relief Available for IATSE Members Affected by California Wildfires

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Financial relief is available for IATSE members affected by the fires through the Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation. IATSE members in need of assistance should submit a written request to their local union. Local unions will then forward any requests to the Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation for review by the Foundation’s trustees.

PSAV employees regularly working at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in downtown Toronto are now represented by IATSE Local 58. Local 58's application for certification seeking to represent these workers was originally filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board back in January 2017. A vote took place in the normal course shortly thereafter, but the ballot box was sealed in order to deal with a number of challenges filed by PSAV that sought to take issue with, among other things, the bargaining unit description and the number of employees in the bargaining unit.

IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb Unanimously Elected President of UNI MEI

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Following the retirement of Gerry Morrissey, BECTU, the Committee unanimously elected IATSE Intl. President Matthew D. Loeb as new President. President Loeb, who has served as 1st Vice President since 2008 will now lead the work of the Committee towards the UNI MEI General Assembly of 2020.

On September 11, stagehands at the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton voted for representation by IATSE Local 129. The group had approached the IATSE after becoming concerned over job security due to the pending departure of their Technical Director. Following some meetings with the stagehands, Local 129 filed for certification with the Ontario Labour Relations Board on September 4.